C-270/86
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CHOLAY AND BIZON'S CLUB
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Fourth Chamber) 12 December 1990*
In Case C-270/86,
REFERENCE to the Court pursuant to Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Cour d'appel, Paris, for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between
J. Cholay,
Société 'Bizon's Club'
and
Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique (SACEM),
on the interpretation of Articles 30 and 36 of the said Treaty,
THE COURT (Fourth Chamber),
composed of: M. Diez de Velasco, President of Chamber, C. N. Kakouris and P. J. G. Kapteyn, Judges,
Advocate General: C. O. Lenz Registrar: J. A. Pompe, Deputy Registrar
(The grounds of the judgment are not reproduced.)
* Language of the case: French.
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JUDGMENT OF 12. 12. 1990 —CASE C-270/86
in answer to the question submitted to it by the Cour d'appel, Paris, by judgment of 9 April 1986, as interpreted by judgment of 21 January 1987, hereby rules:
Articles 30 and 36 of the EEC Treaty, on a true construction, do not preclude the application of national legislation allowing a national copyright-management society to charge a royalty called a 'supplementary mechanical reproduction fee', in addition to a performance royalty, on the public performance of sound recordings, even where such a supplementary fee is not provided for in the Member State where those sound recordings were lawfully placed on the market.
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